Description - The Tao of Representation by Raymond L.M. Lee

The end of the 20th century signals the making of a new relationship between Asia and the West. Looking beyond the colonial paradigm, the West seeks a new perspective on Asian cultures. Asians are involved in forging new questions about their identities. In the post-modern turn, the West reassesses the meaning of progress. The sudden prosperity in Asia has given progress a new lease on life, even as Asians are exposed to the uncertainties of the modern global economy. What can we make of these developments as the cynicism of the post-modern West interfaces with the optimism of modernising Asia.